BPMN 2.0 Elements

The five basic categories of elements

1. Flow Objects
2. Data Objects
3. Connecting Objects
4. Swimlanes
5. Artifacts

Flow Objects

Flow Objects are the main graphical elements to define the behavior of a Business Process

1. Events
2. Activities
3. Gateways

Data

1. Data Objects
2. Data Inputs
3. Data Outputs
4. Data Stores

Connecting Objects

There are four ways of connecting the Flow Objects to each other or other information

1. Sequence Flows
2. Message Flows
3. Associations
4. Data Associations

Swimlanes

1. Pools
2. Lanes

Artifacts

Artifacts are used to provide additional information about the Process

1. Group
2. Text Annotation